Learning and Development Series

The Learning and Development Series is a part of Step Up Silicon Valley’s effort to deepen dialogue on specific community issues and creating innovative solutions. We seek to engage our network through workshops that feature guest speakers who are experts in their fields. The L&D Series is sponsored by the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.

2017 L&D Series

Step Up Silicon Valley is delighted to announce the 2017 Learning and Development Series. This year we are intentionally focusing on Preventing Generational Poverty. Our goal is to use these sessions as a platform for dialogue and action in order to come up with a policy position and/or support an existing policy that prevents generational poverty.

Upcoming Series

Preventing Generational Poverty | November 2017

2017 Speaker Series

Preventing Generational Poverty:Economic opportunity or low-income trap? Lessons from recent research on intergenerational mobility in the United States. with Professor William Sundstrom, Department of Economics, Santa Clara UniversityWatch VideoView Slides

Past Speaker Series

Poverty, Inequality and Trends in the Labor Market with Professor Hilary Hoynes, University of California, BerkeleyWatch VideoView Slides

The Supplemental Poverty Measure with Professor David B. Grusky, Stanford Center on Poverty and InequalityView Slides

Network Weaving with June Holley

OUR MISSIONWe seek to transform community awareness and
generate the political will to create systems change
that enables individuals and families to step up out
of poverty in Santa Clara County.

OUR VISION
Our goal is to reduce poverty and to increase economic
opportunity in Santa Clara County. We are committed to
creating a community that is thriving and self-sufficient;
where everyone has access to affordable health care,
sufficient nutritious food, decent affordable housing,
meaningful educational and career opportunities, and
reliable income that meets their basic financial needs.